2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2016-07-14UTC10:31:46+00:002016-07-14John Savournin takes Mozart's Magic Flute on an exotic adventure into the Peruvian rainforest: and retrieves more than a sprinkling of Inca gold. Jungle drums beating true: Mozart's Magic Flute at Iforden_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-magic-flute-savournin-iford-arts-july-2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngCharlotte Valorihttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/5489https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/5489https://bachtrack.com/files/173-charlotte_valori.jpgCharlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.https://bachtrack.com/files/42507-magic-flute-dress-72.jpg510340Rob Coles for Iford Arts2016-Jul-02, Iford Manor: The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte)https://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/iford-manor/the-magic-flute-die-zauberflote/02-july-2016/19-302016-07-022016-07-16Iford ManorBradford on AvonSouth-WestUnited KingdomBA15 2BA51.3291368106579-2.28796720504761https://bachtrack.com/files/42506-gen-opera-image-2.jpg4

2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2015-08-17UTC13:32:37+00:002015-08-16This traditional production of Patience was strongly sung and acted and was a joyful evening.A sparkling Patience in Harrogateen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-patience-maxwell-bottone-harrogate-august-2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngPeter Connorshttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/10935https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/10935https://bachtrack.com/files/53243-peter-connors.jpgPeter Connors has a degree in Modern Languages from Worcester College, Oxford, retrained in law and spent 18 years as a solicitor specialising in pensions law in Manchester. Then, after working for a time for a charity in Cheshire, he retrained once again, this time as a teacher of English as a foreign language. He can trace his opera-going to a performance of The Mikado in 1970 and his concert-going to a “family concert” given by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra a year or so later. He has been attending concerts and operas enthusiastically ever since. He now frequents many concert halls and theatres in the North West of England with occasional trips further afield.2015-Aug-14, Royal Hall: Patiencehttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/royal-hall/patience/14-august-2015/19-302015-08-142015-08-22Royal HallHarrogateYorkshire and the HumberUnited Kingdom4

Ruddigore is a glorious comic romp through a very English country village, full of wonderfully awkward Edwardian love and delicious puns. Whatever your Valentine experience this year, you can't help but be swept up in it.

2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2015-02-23UTC16:42:29+00:002015-02-20Ruddigore is a glorious comic romp through a very English country village, full of wonderfully awkward Edwardian love and delicious puns. Whatever your Valentine experience this year, you can't help but be swept up in it.Always a bridesmaid: Charles Court Opera's Ruddigoreen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-ruddigore-charles-court-opera-islington-february-2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngCharlotte Valorihttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/5489https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/5489https://bachtrack.com/files/173-charlotte_valori.jpgCharlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.https://bachtrack.com/files/8290-ruddigore_kellett_masterton_smith_charles_court_bill_knight.jpg510387Matthew Kellett (Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd) and Simon-Masterton Smith (Adam Goodheart)Bill Knight2015-Feb-18, King's Head Theatre, Islington: Ruddigorehttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/kings-head-theatre-islington/ruddigore/18-february-2015/19-002015-02-182015-03-14King's Head Theatre, IslingtonLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomN1 1QN115 Upper Street51.5382744794391-0.1026749610900883

Young Opera Venture states that its aims are to provide professional performing opportunities for young graduate singers, and to bring affordable opera performances to small venues in towns where opera isn’t normally available.

2013Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2013-11-07UTC16:40:53+00:002013-03-18Jane Shuttleworth reviews Young Opera Venture's production of The Marriage of Figaro in Middlesborough.Comedy and seriousness: Young Opera Venture's The Marriage of Figaro in Middlesboroughen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-middlesborough-young-opera-venture-figaroBachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngJane Shuttleworthhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/2331https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/2331https://bachtrack.com/files/40598-jane-bachtrack.jpgJane Shuttleworth is a choral singer and recorder player, and specialises in Renaissance, baroque and modern music. She lives in Durham and runs a local music listings, news and reviews site Music in Durhamhttps://bachtrack.com/files/2391-marriage_of_figaro.jpg400400Young Opera Venture2013-Mar-14, Middlesbrough Theatre: The Marriage of Figarohttps://bachtrack.com/listing-middlesborough-young-opera-venture-figaro2013-03-142013-03-14Middlesbrough TheatreMiddlesbroughNorth-EastUnited KingdomTS56SAThe Avenue, Middlesbrough54.556249-1.24005494

If you’ve never been to a grand-scale choral work at the Royal Albert Hall, I’d urge you to do so at the earliest opportunity. This wasn’t my first visit to the Proms, and I’ve experienced oratorios, requiems and passions galore in other places, but to hear hundreds of accomplished singers filling this vast circular space was new territory for me. The hall seemed made for the occasion.